Timothy Leasure received his BM from Ohio University in 1990 and his MM from The Ohio State University in 1993. In 1995, he joined the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC. While a member of the Navy Band, he was chosen as the 1997 National Tour soloist, and as a featured soloist in the band's concerts in Stockholm, Sweden. He was also a member of the Navy Band Brass Quintet, a group featured on the band’s recording Music for Chamber Winds.

He has served as principal trumpet of the Springfield (Ohio) Symphony during its 1994–95 season, and as second trumpet in the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus from 1992 to 1995. He has also performed with the Arlington (Virginia) Symphony, the Annapolis (Maryland) Symphony, the Harrisburg (PA) Symphony, the Fairfax (VA) Symphony, the Ohio Valley Symphony, and the West Virginia Symphony. He is currently second trumpet in the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus and performs as an Associate Musician with the Columbus and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras.

Prof. Leasure can be heard in over 40 recordings by professional orchestral, band and chamber music ensembles. He has performed extensively in the United States and Europe, and in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall; the White House; the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; La Chapelle Notre-Dame de Rocamadour, France; and the Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria.

His students hold university positions throughout the country and perform in military bands and orchestras worldwide. He is equally proud of his former students who are teachers nationwide in our nation’s public and private schools.

He is the sole author of four software applications for the Apple iPhone and iPad; Tromba Musica; the award-winning Mahler Translations; Musicorum; and Arban and His Method for the iPad.

In 2001 Prof. Leasure was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He was also the recipient of the 2004 Distinguished Teaching Award and, more recently, the 2015 Distinguished Scholar Award, both at The Ohio State University School of Music.

Timothy Leasure was recently named as a Yamaha Performing Artist, and performs on the following instruments:

• YTR-9445CHSIII (C trumpet)
• YTR-9835 (Bb/A Piccolo trumpet)
• YTR-9636 (Eb/D Trumpet)
• YFH-731 (Flugelhorn)
• YCR-8335 (Bb Cornet)

Hear live performances of Professor Leasure’s playing on Soundcloud.